SAB 201505120033A Directorate Change SABMiller plc JSEALPHA CODE: SAB ISIN CODE: SOSAB ISIN CODE: GB0004835483 SABMiller Directorate Change SABMiller plc announces that in consequence of his appointment as Chief Operating Officer of Altria Group, Inc. (“Altria”) Mr Howard Willard, a non-executive director, will step down from the SABMiller plc Board with effect from this year’s annual general meeting on 23 July 2015. Mr Willard was nominated for appointment to the Board under the terms of the Relationship Agreement entered into between Altria and the Company as part of the Miller Brewing Company transaction in 2002, and has served as a director since 1 August 2009. Altria has nominated Mr David (“Dave”) Beran to replace Mr Willard. Mr Beran was, until his retirement in March 2015, the President and Chief Operating Officer of Altria, and was responsible for overseeing Philip Morris USA, U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company, John Middleton, Nu Mark, Altria Group Distribution Company and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates. The Board of Directors of SABMiller plc has resolved to propose Dave Beran for election as a non- executive director with effect from the conclusion of this year’s annual general meeting. John Manser, Chairman of SABMiller plc, said: ‘On behalf of the board of directors of SABMiller, I would like to thank Howard for his valued contribution to the board’s deliberations during his directorship. In his place, we are delighted to welcome Dave Beran to our board, and look forward to benefitting from his extensive experience of the fast moving consumer goods industry.” There are no details to disclose under paragraphs 9.6.13(1) to (6) of the Listing Rules. Stephen Shapiro Group Company Secretary Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Notes to editors SABMiller plc SABMiller plc is in the beer and soft drinks business. We are the world’s second largest brewing company and are one of the world’s largest bottlers of Coca-Cola drinks. We also produce a portfolio of wholly-owned soft drinks brands. We are a FTSE-20 company, with shares trading on the London Stock Exchange, and we have a secondary listing on the Johannesburg stock exchange. We operate in more than 80 countries with around 70,000 employees. Our brand portfolio includes leading local brands such as Aguila (Colombia), Castle (South Africa), Miller Lite (USA), Snow (China), Victoria Bitter (Australia) and Tyskie (Poland) as well as global brands such as Pilsner Urquell, Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Miller Genuine Draft and Grolsch. Every minute of every day, more than 140,000 bottles of SABMiller beer are sold. In the year ended 31 March 2014, we sold 318 million hectolitres of lager, soft drinks and other alcoholic beverages, generating group net producer revenue of US$26,719 million and EBITA of US$6,460 1 million. 1 As restated Altria Relationship Agreement Altria Group, Inc (‘Altria’) is the largest single shareholder in SABMiller plc, holding approximately 26.60% of the issued share capital of SABMiller plc, excluding treasury shares, as at 31 March 2015. Under the terms of the Relationship Agreement entered into between Altria and SABMiller as part of the Miller Brewing Company transaction in 2002, and amended, with shareholders’ approval, in 2005 as part of the Bavaria transaction, Altria has the right to nominate up to three representatives for appointment as non-executive directors of SABMiller, subject to the level of its economic interest in SABMiller. This announcement is available on the company website: www.sabmiller.com Further information is also available on: www.sabmiller.com www.facebook.com/sabmiller www.twitter.com/sabmiller www.youtube.com/sabmiller Enquiries SABMiller plc John Davidson Christina Mills Gary Leibowitz Richard Farnsworth t: +44 20 7659 0100 General Counsel and Director, Director, Investor Business Media Corporate Affairs Communications Engagement Relations Manager Director and Reputation SABMiller plc SABMiller plc SABMiller plc SABMiller plc t: +44 20 7659 0119 t: +44 7734 776 317 t: +44 20 7659 0127 t: +44 7825 275 605 Date: 12/05/2015 04:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (‘JSE’). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.